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I had the exact same immediate reaction. Facebook was a smash hit in large part because of how restrictive and uniform it was. Could it not also be said that Tw

I had the exact same immediate reaction. Facebook was a smash hit in large part because of how restrictive and uniform it was. Could it not also be said that Twitter homogenizes communication and limits personal expression?

meowface 12y ago
Twitter allows some degree of theming (color palette, banner, avatar), but I agree that these services definitely force you into a certain standard of representation or communication and it's probably helped them grow. There's something to be said of branding and "omakase".
troymc 12y ago
You're right, everyone loves to wear exactly the same clothes in real life. It only makes sense that they'd want to wear the same "clothes" to express their online identity. It's obvious in retrospect. Silly MySpace!
- JeremyMorgan 12y ago
  oh people want to express themselves, but when it gets out of control, you get MySpace. It's not MySpace, it's the people.